中英双语新闻 图斯克再次当选欧盟理事会主席

BBC News with Marion Marshall.

E.U. leaders have voted by 27 - 1 to reelect Donald Tusk¹ as President of the European Council, despite strenuous² efforts by his home country, Poland, to thwart³ his bid. Mr. Tusk expressed gratitude⁴ on social media, and said he'd do his best to improve the European Union. Poland's right-wing government, which fiercely opposed Mr. Tusk, said his reappointment did not bode⁵ well for the E.U.

The American-led coalition⁶ against Islamic State group says several hundred additional U.S. forces have been deployed⁸ in Syria to strengthen the planned offensive against the IS stronghold of Raqqa. A spokesman said an extra 400 or so personnel had been sent in recent days, comprising a marines artillery⁹ unit and army rangers¹⁰.

United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has made recommended measures aimed at fighting sexual abuse committed by U.N. peacekeepers. Mr. Guterres says payments made to countries which deploy⁷ U.N. peacekeepers should be withheld¹¹ if allegations are not properly investigated.

The new head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, has said he does not agree that carbon dioxide is a primary contributor to global warming. Mr. Pruitt said more analysis was needed. His remarks contradict scientific data published in January by NASA, and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric¹² Administration.

The Somali government has announced it will print new bank notes for the first time in more than a quarter of a century. After Somalia descended¹³ into violence and anarchy¹⁴ in 1991, warlords printed their own money. And most of the country's bank notes were known to be fake.

Wildlife campaigners have welcomed the recent arrest of notorious wildlife traffickers in West Africa as a big step against the illegal trade in baby Chimpanzees. A BBC News investigation¹⁵ in Ivory Coast led the police to break up a smuggling¹⁶ network there and in neighboring Guinea.

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欧盟各国领导人以27-1的投票比再次选举唐纳德 图斯克(Donald Tusk)为欧盟理事会主席，虽然图斯克的祖国波兰做了很多努力来阻止其再次当选。图斯克在社交媒体上表达了感激之情，并表示自己会竭尽全力改善欧盟状况。而波兰的右翼政府此前强烈反对图斯克再次当选，认为他的当选对于欧盟的未来来说不是一件好事。

美国领导的抗击IS联军表示，美国已另派几百名士兵部署在叙利亚，以稳固对IS在拉卡市据点的攻击计划。某发言人表示，近期已额外派出近400名士兵，组成海军炮兵部队及特种部队。

联合国秘书长古特雷斯(Antonio Guterres)已提议采取一些措施，旨在抑制联合国维和人员进行性侵扰的情况。古特雷斯表示，不应向部署联合国维和人员的国家发放经费，除非性侵扰的指控得到妥善的调查。

美国环境开发署(EPA, Environmental Protection Agency)新署长斯考特 普鲁伊特(Scott Pruitt)表示，他认为二氧化碳并非全球变暖的主要原因。普鲁伊特说，还需要更多的分析。普鲁伊特的言论与美国国家航空和宇宙航行局(NASA, National Aeronautics¹⁷ and Space Administration)以及美国国家海洋和大气管理局(U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)1月发布的科学数据相悖。

索马里政府宣布其将进行25年首次翻新的钞票印刷。自从索马里1991年沦入暴力和无政府状态以来，各路军阀都印刷了自己的钞票。而众所周知，索马里大多数钞票都是假币。

野生动物保护学家为近日西非臭名昭著的野生动物贩子被逮捕一事喝彩，此举是打击非法贩卖小黑猩猩的重大进展。位于科特迪瓦(Ivory Coast)的BBC新闻调查班底引导当地警方打破了当地和几内亚的某走私网络。

1 tusk   

n.獠牙，长牙，象牙

参考例句：

• The wild boar had its tusk sunk deeply into a tree and howled desperately.野猪的獠牙陷在了树里，绝望地嗥叫着。
• A huge tusk decorated the wall of his study.他书房的墙上装饰着一支巨大的象牙。

2 strenuous   

adj.奋发的，使劲的；紧张的；热烈的，狂热的

参考例句：

• He made strenuous efforts to improve his reading. 他奋发努力提高阅读能力。
• You may run yourself down in this strenuous week.你可能会在这紧张的一周透支掉自己。

3 thwart   

v.阻挠，妨碍，反对；adj.横(断的)

参考例句：

• We must thwart his malevolent schemes.我们决不能让他的恶毒阴谋得逞。
• I don't think that will thwart our purposes.我认为那不会使我们的目的受到挫折。

4 gratitude   

adj.感激，感谢

参考例句：

• I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。
• She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。

5 bode   

v.预示

参考例句：

• These figures do not bode well for the company's future.这些数字显示出公司的前景不妙。
• His careful habits bode well for his future.他那认真的习惯预示著他会有好的前途。

6 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

7 deploy   

v.（军）散开成战斗队形，布置，展开

参考例句：

• The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
• The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。

8 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

9 artillery   

n.(军)火炮，大炮；炮兵(部队)

参考例句：

• This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
• The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。

10 rangers   

护林者( ranger的名词复数 )； 突击队员

参考例句：

• Do you know where the Rangers Stadium is? 你知道Rangers体育场在哪吗？ 来自超越目标英语 第3册
• Now I'm a Rangers' fan, so I like to be near the stadium. 现在我是Rangers的爱好者，所以我想离体育场近一点。 来自超越目标英语 第3册

11 withheld   

withhold过去式及过去分词

参考例句：

• I withheld payment until they had fulfilled the contract. 他们履行合同后，我才付款。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• There was no school play because the principal withheld his consent. 由于校长没同意，学校里没有举行比赛。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 atmospheric   

adj.大气的，空气的；大气层的；大气所引起的

参考例句：

• Sea surface temperatures and atmospheric circulation are strongly coupled.海洋表面温度与大气环流是密切相关的。
• Clouds return radiant energy to the surface primarily via the atmospheric window.云主要通过大气窗区向地表辐射能量。

13 descended   

a.为...后裔的，出身于...的

参考例句：

• A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
• The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。

14 anarchy   

n.无政府状态；社会秩序混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• There would be anarchy if we had no police.要是没有警察，社会就会无法无天。
• The country was thrown into a state of anarchy.这国家那时一下子陷入无政府状态。

15 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

16 smuggling   

n.走私

参考例句：

• Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
• The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。

17 aeronautics   

n.航空术，航空学

参考例句：

• National Aeronautics and Space undertakings have made great progress.国家的航空航天事业有了很大的发展。
• He devoted every spare moment to aeronautics.他把他所有多余的时间用在航空学上。